~~ Love Covers A Multitude Of Sins ~~

           Love and Forgiveness are themes that glisten through "The Parable of the Prodigal Son." This short story or "parable" was written down by Luke with the inspiration from God :). This is a parable straight from the Bible. In "The Parable of the Prodigal Son," we have have father with two sons. The younger son asks his father for his portion of their money. He goes out and wastes it all. He spends it all on nothing and things that are not good. After he is forced to eat with the pigs because he has no money to feed himself, he travels back to ask his father for forgiveness. His father not only lovingly forgives him, but he welcomes the son with the finest clothes and best meat that they have. I will be discussing the love and forgiveness the father had towards his son and the love and forgiveness God has for us. 
          In our story, the son does a disgraceful thing. He spends all of his money on ridiculous items. The parable states, "...and there wasted his substance with riotous living (Roberts 399)." The son totally disrespects his father and the money he gave him. When the son finally realized the huge mistake he made he goes back to his father for forgiveness. If our child behaved like this, people today would throw the child out or disown them possibly. The father in the parable does something different. He forgives the son unconditionally, and welcomes him home with open arms. It probably wasn't that the father was not disappointed with his son, but his love for his son conquered all the bad things he had done. The father not only forgave, but he gave his son the BEST that he had. "But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: (Roberts 399)."
          That is exactly how Jesus is with us. He knew that we would sin and fail sometimes but he still went to the cross for you and me. Jesus loved us so very much that he gave His life so that we could be forgiven. It did not matter how many bad things we had done, His love for us conquered all! All that the father (in our story) and the Heavenly Father (God) care about is their children. God cared about us enough to send his only son to die for us so that we could be saved and forgiven. Not only did God give everything he had, but He gave us his very BEST, and that was Jesus!!!!
          In "The Parable of the Prodigal Son," by Luke (and God ), we have a son who sins and does some things the wrong way. When he comes back to beg his father for forgiveness, he finds his father welcoming him with love and forgiveness. When we come to Jesus we find love and forgiveness there also!

Works Cited

Roberts, Edgar V. "The Parable of the Prodigal Son." Literature: An Introduction to Reading and Writing. 

          9th Ed. New York: Pearson. 2009. 399-400. Print